Bad Body Image

Honestly I am not satisfied with my body because I am shorter and more fat than most of the girls around me. I have received messages from my family that it is okay to be fat (but not to be too fat) because I am a teenager, and teenage years are the best time for me to absorb as much nourishments as I can. According to media and my friends, being skinny is the best body image for girls, and it means healthy and lots of exercising if you are skinny because there are lots of TV shows to help people lose weight by criticizing their unhealthy eating habit and encouraging them to exercise. Also, most of the leading characters in the popular TV shows are super skinny, and I do not think this is a healthy message because it builds the idea to people that skinny is under the category of beauty, and it makes the unrealistic body image become a requirement for girls …show more content…
For example, sometimes I really want to have the skinny waist and long legs as the actress in Korean drama, but it influences my body image when most of my family members believes that skinny does not equal to attractive (my aunt dislikes my cousin’s girlfriend because she believes that his girlfriend is so skinny that she cannot have a healthy baby). The source affected my body image the most is my friends because peer pressure is the strongest and most direct pressure for me as a teenager, and it makes me feel really bad when I am the fattest one in the group picture. I used to be annoyed by my physical appearance a lot when I was in middle school because I had lots of pimples on my face, and I eat so much that I was overweight, but now it gets better because my pimples had gone, and I lost about 20 pounds after I entered high school (sometimes my mood will get better if I look good). I have felt discriminated against because of my appearance before, and it hurts my self-esteem as well as